https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0 en-us 2022-09-23 11:56:16 UTC 2022-09-23 12:44:22 UTC hello@padlet.com m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310384008 753 BCE: According to legend, Romulus began a settlement on Palatine Hill and fortified it.]]> 2022-09-23 12:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310384008 m253738 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310386427 Circa. 753 BCE
This was when Rome was founded my Romulus, supposedly descendant of a man displaced by the destruction of Troy.  For  many years Rome would struggle to gain territory, as it was bullied by other states such as the Etruscans.]]> 2022-09-23 12:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310386427 m251692 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310392467 First Roman colony. Became a rich city.]]> 2022-09-23 12:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310392467 m252994 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310394305 In the Third Punic War (149–146 B.C.), the Romans captured and destroyed the city of Carthage and sold its surviving inhabitants into slavery, making a section of northern Africa a Roman province.]]> 2022-09-23 12:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310394305 m253738 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310395157 the time period around 510 BC marks a major point in the expansion of the Romans before the time of Caesar. The Etruscans were the first main rivals to the Romans, and after they were conquered, Rome became a republic. ]]> 2022-09-23 12:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310395157 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310397414 49 BCE: Siege of Massilia by Casesar]]> 2022-09-23 12:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310397414 m251692 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310397690 First Roman port]]> 2022-09-23 12:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310397690 m252994 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310398673 From 149-146 B.C., Rome also spread its influence east, defeating King Philip V of Macedonia in the Macedonian Wars and turning his kingdom into another Roman province]]> 2022-09-23 12:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310398673 m253378 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310401165 Assassination of Caesar,
stabbed to death by a group of senators on 15 March 44 BC]]> 2022-09-23 12:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310401165 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310402131 52 BCE: Caesar besieges Vercingetorix at Alesia and conquers the Gallic tribes of Gaul]]> 2022-09-23 12:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310402131 m251692 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310404366 Supported by the Latin league. Defeats the last Greek city state in Rome in 275 BCE.]]> 2022-09-23 12:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310404366 m253738 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310405010 Circa 340-338 BC

Up and until this time Rome was the head of an alliance with other City-states in the area called the Latin League of cities. When this league rebelled in 340 BC Rome decided to conquer them all and did so in 338 BC, becoming the sole rulers of all surrounding city-states.]]> 2022-09-23 12:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310405010 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310407954 55-54 BCE: Caesar invades Britain twice. During the first invasion, he achieves little. However, he brings a significantly larger force in 54 BCE and effectively conquers Britain.]]> 2022-09-23 12:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310407954 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310411412 56 BCE: First naval battle of the Atlantic Ocean. The Roman navy fights against the Veneti Gauls and wins. ]]> 2022-09-23 12:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310411412 m251692 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310412360 Starting in 200 BCE, the Roman Empire took control of Spain, Greece, Sicily, Egypt and Macedonia. Fought ruthlessly and wrung out all the wealth from the nations they captured. ]]> 2022-09-23 12:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310412360 m253738 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310412824 In the years 326-290 BCE, The Romans were extremely successful in taking more territory for rivaling states. by 290 BCE, they had defeated their main rivals in the south, the  Samnites and their allies, the Gauls. By doing this they had taken nearly all the "sole" of the Italian continent. Threatened by this, the state of Epirus led by King Pyrrhus drove them out of nearly all of southern Italy, although suffering enormous losses. ]]> 2022-09-23 12:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310412824 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310414891 57 BCE: Caesar's legions are nearly defeated by the Nervii tribes, but they pull off a narrow victory at the Battle of the Sabis.]]> 2022-09-23 12:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310414891 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310418830 63 BCE: Pompey defeats the Saleucids and conquers Syria]]> 2022-09-23 12:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310418830 m253738 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310419800 Circa 272 BCE

The Death of Pyrrhus led to the surrender of his armies and Rome was finally able to regain almost the entirety of southern Italy.]]> 2022-09-23 12:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310419800 m251692 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310423213 Rome burns Corinth]]> 2022-09-23 12:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310423213 m253420 https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310427144 69 BCE: Pompey defeats King Tigranes II and captures his capital city of Tigranakert.]]> 2022-09-23 12:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/m251692/7ntfpwpxpkmq2yz0/wish/2310427144